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Review
. 2022 Mar;110(3):708-724.
doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.37310. Epub 2021 Sep 24.

Recent trends in gelatin methacryloyl nanocomposite hydrogels for tissue engineering

Mahmoud A Sakr #  1 , Kabilan Sakthivel #  1 , Towsif Hossain  1 , Su Ryon Shin  2 , Sumi Siddiqua  1 , Jaehwan Kim  3 , Keekyoung Kim  4   5
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Recent trends in gelatin methacryloyl nanocomposite hydrogels for tissue engineering

Mahmoud A Sakr et al. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2022 Mar.

Abstract

Gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA), a photocrosslinkable gelatin-based hydrogel, has been immensely used for diverse applications in tissue engineering and drug delivery. Apart from its excellent functionality and versatile mechanical properties, it is also suitable for a wide range of fabrication methodologies to generate tissue constructs of desired shapes and sizes. Despite its exceptional characteristics, it is predominantly limited by its weak mechanical strength, as some tissue types naturally possess high mechanical stiffness. The use of high GelMA concentrations yields high mechanical strength, but not without the compromise in its porosity, degradability, and three-dimensional (3D) cell attachment. Recently, GelMA has been blended with various natural and synthetic biomaterials to reinforce its physical properties to match with the tissue to be engineered. Among these, nanomaterials have been extensively used to form a composite with GelMA, as they increase its biological and physicochemical properties without affecting the unique characteristics of GelMA and also introduce electrical and magnetic properties. This review article presents the recent advances in the formation of hybrid GelMA nanocomposites using a variety of nanomaterials (carbon, metal, polymer, and mineral-based). We give an overview of each nanomaterial's characteristics followed by a discussion of the enhancement in GelMA's physical properties after its incorporation. Finally, we also highlight the use of each GelMA nanocomposite for different applications, such as cardiac, bone, and neural regeneration.

Keywords: GelMA; biomaterial; hydrogel; nanocomposites; nanomaterial; tissue engineering.

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